The Blacklist

Chapter 83 The Deputy Director Forced to Work Overtime
"Of course I've thought about it!" Elizabeth said, "I even suspected that Reddington was my biological father!" Saying this, she felt as if she had spent a huge amount of physical energy. If it weren't for Gina beside her supporting her, she would have fallen down!
"I really don't know if Reddington is your biological father." Carrie said, "But I know that he really loves you, more than anyone else. For you, he will kill without hesitation, kill many people, even himself!"

Hearing this, Elizabeth was silent for a while before she said, "You haven't told me yet, why did he come to me more than nine months ago?"

"As far as I know, there are two reasons." Carrie said, "One reason is that Reddington should have discovered the crisis more than a year ago, that is, your identity may have been exposed. The cause of this incident is that Tom changed his original purpose of action and actually fell in love with and married you!

"The second reason is what I guessed after observing him. Lao Lei must know that he is ill and will not live for long, so he wants to transfer his 'world' or wealth to you safely.

"Driven by these two reasons, he chose a 'genius' idea - surrendering himself to the FBI, providing information on blacklisted criminals, and asking them to only cooperate with you, a 'rookie profiler', in order to raise your official status in a short period of time and make those who want to harm you or forces afraid...

"Also, Liz, didn't you realize that during this process, he has been teaching you, teaching you how to investigate cases, how to be decisive, how to be brave... and even - teaching you to consider things from the perspective of the criminal!"

Elizabeth and Gina were stunned. These words were completely beyond their understanding. If Carrie hadn't said it, they might not have thought of it even decades later!
Suddenly, Elizabeth realized something and asked hurriedly, "Lee, you just said that Reddington is also sick and won't live long?"

"Well, it should have been before!" Carrie laughed when talking about this, "But later I gave Lao Lei a dose of 'poison'. By using poison to fight poison, his condition should have been under control. But until now, the old guy probably doesn't know it! Hahaha... Gina knows about this."

Gina nodded to Elizabeth to indicate that it was true, and she herself smiled as she recalled the scene that day.

Seeing that the two of them were sure, Elizabeth finally felt relieved, and then she realized: Why did she seem to have less hatred towards Reddington?
Kerry stretched and said, "Okay, now that we've finished talking, we should go. I guess Tang and Mira will be waiting anxiously!"
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When Carrie and the other two met up with Donald and Mira at the FBI New York branch, the latter two found that Elizabeth had obviously been crying and her eyes were red and swollen, but her mental state seemed to be much better. They found it a little strange but did not ask.

The five people talked about it and confirmed that this trip to New York was fruitless, so they could only fly back to Washington.

Before boarding the helicopter, Carrie called the post office and assigned Alam a task - to check New York State Congressman Chandler's cell phone call records for the past week, especially during the period after the "King's Maker" arrived in the United States, to check every phone number he called.

When the five of them returned to the post office almost three hours after getting off work, Alam, who was forced to work overtime, reported that he had retrieved Chandler's call records for the past week. Most of them were calls with his home, wife, office, and assistant, except for one answered call, which was made after the "King's Champion" arrived in the United States. The call was made from a public telephone booth at the intersection of 11th Street and Lincoln Avenue in Washington, D.C.!
Kerry slapped his forehead helplessly, remembering this episode. Seeing that it was almost nine o'clock in the evening, he knew that he should hurry up, so he called everyone and said, "Okay, let's find a place to eat first. It looks like we will have to work overtime until very late tonight! Aram, let's go together! By the way, is Cooper here?"

"NO, the boss has left work on time. Before leaving, he said that it would be good for you to be in charge of this case!" Alam shrugged.

The others all laughed, knowing that Kerry, who was used to going to get off work on time, was tricked by Cooper this time. The title of deputy director forced him to work overtime!
A team of six detectives drove two cars and headed south out of the post office. Under the command of Kerry, they soon arrived at the intersection of 11th Street and Lincoln Avenue. After parking the car, they saw the telephone booth on the side of the road. Then they realized that they were here to investigate a case after all the fuss! Aram rubbed his stomach and muttered in dissatisfaction: "Richard, don't you know that lying is wrong? Especially when you are hungry!"

"Don't worry, you won't starve. Really. I'll take you to a good meal today." Kerry led the way forward and continued, "If we assume that the call was made by the King's Champion, why did he make the call from this public phone booth? Have you ever thought about the reason?"

Seeing him walk past the phone booth without any intention of stopping to check, everyone was puzzled and could only follow him.

Donald couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

"Because there is..." At this time, they had walked to a shop on the roadside. Carrie pointed at its sign and said, "Le Claire Pawn Shop!" Then he pushed the door and walked in.

The shop is not big, only about 20 square meters. There are glass counters and shelves on both sides of the wall. Inside are antique clocks, old mobile phones, small appliances and the like. On the opposite wall there are several electric guitars that are 50% to 60% new. It looks like a second-hand pawn shop.

A black guy was standing behind the cashier counter at the back. He looked at the people who suddenly came in with some surprise. Before he could say anything, Carrie said, "Hey, buddy, long time no see. I'm Gibbons, and these are my friends."

"Ah, hello, Mr. Gibbons, please come this way!" The black guy obviously knew the name, turned around and opened a hidden door behind him.

Kerry took the lead and walked in. The other five followed without saying a word. After walking in, they found that there was something else inside! After walking through a corridor of several meters, the space inside suddenly opened up. It turned out to be a Western restaurant with a classical decoration style, and there was even a bar and a bartender!

Seeing them come in, a beautiful waitress immediately came forward and said respectfully, "Hello, Mr. Gibbons. Please come this way with your friend."

"Okay." Kerry nodded. "You decide on the arrangements. Make sure we have enough to eat."

(End of this chapter)